Hassan Nasrallah
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Hezbollah chief: Israel is an enemy that has no compassion
Nasrallah says revenge attack for Jihad Mughniyeh's killing, which claimed the lives of 2 IDF soldiers, was meant to show Israel 'the rules of engagement don't apply'.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah dubbed Israel on Monday as "an enemy that has no compassion in his heart."
Most of Nasrallah's interview with Syrian TV station al-Ikhbariya dealt with the civil was raging between President Bashar Assad and rebels trying to oust him, but the Hezbollah leader also discussed the alleged assassination of Jihad Mughniyeh in the Syrian Golan Heights in January, and the organization's revenge attack that claimed the lives of two IDF soldiers.
"We wanted to show there's a new situation in which the rules of engagement don't apply," Nasrallah said.
Nasrallah being interviewed on Syrian TV station al-Ikhbariya.
The Hezbollah leader hinted another war between Israel and Hezbollah was in the cards, and warned there will be significant loss of lives: "The nations worthy of living are those willing to make sacrifices."
Talking about the civil war in Syria, Nasrallah claimed the fight against Assad failed because the important areas were still under the control of the Syrian regime and its allies.
"The losses we suffered during the war in Syria were expected. The number of casualties being reported by the media is inflated.
He said Hezbollah chose to interfere in the Syrian civil war, and was not dragged into it. According to Nasrallah, Hezbollah knew the war would be long and tough before entering it, unlike many who believed this would be an uprising that could quickly bring Assad down.
"Hezbollah is not making independent decisions in the war there," he said. "The military decisions in Syria are Syrian decisions, we're just aiding. The military commanders consult with us, but the decision is eventually theirs."
